Regarding the library coup, there are multiple other things going on in the background (nothing unusual). First of all the librarian hires the Register of Copyrights. The Register also serves as director of the US Copyright Office. This Office has a licensing Section.Trump fired the librarian first & then he fired the Register. The Register oversees the licensing division, but it's unclear whether they can appoint or hire a director for the licensing section. According to an MSNBC article Musk wanted to license or perhaps copyright some AI stuff. Unfortunately I'm not sure exactly, but it had to do with AI. They were stalling him or perhaps refusing, so they got fired.Musk is also getting some sort of AI deal from the Saudis. Something Dean said about what's trump trying to do--license the POTUS or the office of the POTUS, triggered me to research these firings. The hierarchy of this administration of the library I got from Wikipedia. I wondered if this is something Putin does? Does he license things a lot? I know trump & his family got 100s of TRADEMARKS from China & other countries. Maybe you could do a Substack on copyrights, licenses & patents & how an authoritarian would USE these internally in their own country.
Frederick Douglass would be surprised to learn that an Apartheid South African has so much interest in working on his tunnel. Maybe they will suggest renaming the tunnel to Pik Botha tunnel instead, at the last minute. That could be a friendly way to recognize our new asylum seekers and also further endear the administration his U.S. immigrant grandson who seems to have made it in across the border without an asylum claim somehow.
Zev and listeners - For anyone curious about the experience of child kidnappings from Ukraine, here is an informed fictional account geared to child education that is a quick read. This can be found at school book fairs and can be bought on-line too.
Thanks again for this informative trump tracker. I so appreciate all your hard work & research, Olga & Zev.
I read someplace, this is easily checked, that the person who wrote #Project2025 will replace Musk! So we're going from bad to worse!
Regarding the library coup, there are multiple other things going on in the background (nothing unusual). First of all the librarian hires the Register of Copyrights. The Register also serves as director of the US Copyright Office. This Office has a licensing Section.Trump fired the librarian first & then he fired the Register. The Register oversees the licensing division, but it's unclear whether they can appoint or hire a director for the licensing section. According to an MSNBC article Musk wanted to license or perhaps copyright some AI stuff. Unfortunately I'm not sure exactly, but it had to do with AI. They were stalling him or perhaps refusing, so they got fired.Musk is also getting some sort of AI deal from the Saudis. Something Dean said about what's trump trying to do--license the POTUS or the office of the POTUS, triggered me to research these firings. The hierarchy of this administration of the library I got from Wikipedia. I wondered if this is something Putin does? Does he license things a lot? I know trump & his family got 100s of TRADEMARKS from China & other countries. Maybe you could do a Substack on copyrights, licenses & patents & how an authoritarian would USE these internally in their own country.
Frederick Douglass would be surprised to learn that an Apartheid South African has so much interest in working on his tunnel. Maybe they will suggest renaming the tunnel to Pik Botha tunnel instead, at the last minute. That could be a friendly way to recognize our new asylum seekers and also further endear the administration his U.S. immigrant grandson who seems to have made it in across the border without an asylum claim somehow.
Zev and listeners - For anyone curious about the experience of child kidnappings from Ukraine, here is an informed fictional account geared to child education that is a quick read. This can be found at school book fairs and can be bought on-line too.
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